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Paxton wins Republican primary runoff for Texas Attorney General

Incumbent Ken Paxton defeated George P. Bush in the May 24 Republican Party primary runoff for Texas attorney general. In the March 1 primary, Paxton received 42.7% of the vote, while Bush received 22.4%. Both candidates advanced to a runoff because no candidate received more than 50% of the vote.

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Pennsylvania’s GOP Senate primary heads to a recount as Oz and McCormick scrap over ballots in court

PHILADELPHIA — It’s official: The razor’s edge primary contest in Pennsylvania between GOP Senate candidates Mehmet Oz and David McCormick is headed to a recount, state elections officials announced Wednesday, ensuring that the victor in the closely watched race won’t be officially declared for at least two weeks.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Boozman defeats three challengers to win the Republican primary for U.S. Senate in Arkansas outright

Incumbent John Boozman defeated three other candidates—Jake Bequette, Heath Loftis, and Jan Morgan—in the Republican primary for U.S. Senate in Arkansas on May 24, 2022.

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Jim Jordan demands material on him before complying with January 6 subpoena

Republican congressman sent a six-page letter to the panel asking for materials that put him under scrutiny for his cooperation

The Guardian - US

Trump drains GOP of cash in Georgia loss

GOP blows through millions of dollars to ward off MAGA-friendly candidates

Salon

‘What is the purpose?’ NC bill on teaching LGBTQ issues likely to be blocked by governor

A bill from North Carolina Senate Republicans that regulates teaching about LGBTQ people is almost surely going to be blocked by Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper, if it gets that far.

Tribune News Service

What is the latest known about the Texas primary school mass shooting?

After an 18-year-old gunman killed 19 primary school students and two teachers, Democrat gubernatorial candidate Beto O'Rourke confronts Republican Governor Greg Abbott about gun law reforms and the shooter's social media activity before the killings is uncovered.

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TV board dismisses Marshall’s request to allow parents to shield kids from LGBTQ characters

The TV Parental Guidelines Monitoring Board dismissed a request from Sen. Roger Marshall, a Republican from Kansas, asking them to update their ratings system so parents could shield their kids from LGBTQ characters.

Tribune News Service

Ohio’s high court rejects latest GOP-drawn Statehouse maps

The Ohio Supreme Court has rejected another round of Republican-drawn Statehouse maps and returned them to the Ohio Redistricting Commission

The Independent UK

These are the results in the top five most expensive Indiana Republican House elections

Republican primary elections for 85 of 100 seats in the Indiana House of Representatives took place on May 3, 2022. Of the 85 seats up for election in 2022, 41 had a primary election with more than one candidate.

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Pritzker, Lightfoot, other local Democrats rip Texas governor for injecting Chicago into school shooting debate

“I hate to say this, there are more people that are shot every weekend in Chicago than there are in schools in Texas,” Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said. Gov. J.B. Pritzker tweeted, “Shame on you.” Ald. Gilbert Villegas (36th) tweeted that the Republican governor was an “@sshole” and should” keep…

Chicago Sun-Times

‘This is despicable’: Cory Booker slams Republicans for hobbling gun law enforcement at hearing for ATF nominee

‘This is despicable … the same people that tried to accuse us of defunding the police have taken one of the most important law enforcement agencies for protect[ing] Americans ,to protect our children, our churches, or mosques or synagogues or parks or supermarkets [and] it’s not allowed to do their…

The Independent UK

Beto O’Rourke confronts Texas Gov. Greg Abbott over Uvalde school shooting

AUSTIN, Texas — An emotional Gov. Greg Abbott was interrupted by an equally emotional Beto O’Rourke as the Republican governor and other state officials sought Wednesday to discuss a school shooting in Uvalde a day earlier.

Tribune News Service

Senate Republicans still want vote on border expulsion policy

WASHINGTON — Pandemic border restrictions under the public health directive known as Title 42 are staying in place for now, but Republican lawmakers said they don’t plan to let up pressure on the Biden administration and congressional Democrats over the policy.

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‘This is on you’: Beto O’Rourke confronts Texas governor over mass shooting

Democratic gubernatorial candidate confronts Republican Greg Abbott during press conference, saying: ‘You are doing nothing’

Reason

If Georgia's Election Law Was Supposed To Suppress the Vote, It Sure Did a Bad Job

After bracing for a supposed return of Jim Crow, Georgia saw a major increase in early votes in this week's primaries.

Salon

After Texas, Republican threatens Biden

"Try to take our guns and you'll learn why the Second Amendment was written in the first place"

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GOP talk of school 'hardening' panned as fig leaf by Democrats - Roll Call

Senate Republicans are floating the idea of more federal grant funding for school safety measures after a mass shooting in Texas.

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Primaries show uneven power of Trump — and progressives - Roll Call

Many candidates who Donald Trump didn’t endorse still pledged their allegiance to him, a further sign he is the de facto leader of the GOP.

The Guardian - US

Tuesday’s Republican primaries did not go as Trump had hoped

Some of the Trump-endorsed candidates won. But for the most part it seems like his sway in 2022 may have peaked

Al Jazeera

Trump-backed candidates lose but Trumpism wins in US primaries

Georgia losses add to losing record for Trump’s candidates, but his hard-right politics is winning among Republicans.

Tribune News Service

These are the Trump-aligned election deniers winning key state primaries

WASHINGTON — Several candidates who back former President Donald Trump’s false claims of widespread election fraud won Republican primaries for governor, senator and attorney general Tuesday. They join other election deniers who have won nominations in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Michigan.

The Guardian - US

Republicans offer thoughts and prayers – but not gun control to stop the killings

Response in Congress to Texas school shooting that left 21 people dead comes from all-too-familiar Republican playbook

WEKU

3 reasons Trump's influence took a big hit in Tuesday's primaries

You'd be hard-pressed to find two Republican incumbents who drew more of Donald Trump's ire than Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp and Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger. Both won big on Tuesday.

The Independent UK

'Trump is in the past': Mounting losses show limits of power

Donald Trump began May with a decisive win for a favored candidate in Ohio, catapulting a Senate hopeful to a primary victory

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